Social Choice: : Theory & Research

by Paul E. Johnson

Book Overview

Author Paul E. Johnson introduces researchers to the key questions, concepts, terminology, methods, and results of social choice theory, a method of aggregating individual s preferences into societal preferences (such as voting). By presenting technical details from the ground up, Johnson first introduces readers to the effects that decision-making procedures have on social choice. He next explains the idea of a social preference function, a rule...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761914064
• ISBN13: 9780761914068
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.0"